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Analysis of Written Work
(c) Paragraphs – reproduction and originality
The descriptive paragraphs like ‘My hometown’ written by the learners of the experimental group, indicate that learners have gained the confidence to express their own ideas, opinions feelings even if they commit a few mistakes in the process. Their written work gives evidence of their ability to communicate their feeling. The grammatical mistakes or spelling errors do not hinder communication.
In a regular classroom situation, the composition topics are based on the course book lessons. Learners usually write whatever is given in the coursebook with slight modifications. This way of writing does not make the learners realize the communicative aspect of writing.
If the learners are given a chance to express their own ideas on a topic which they like, they would try to use their knowledge of the language. The learners write ups included in task 7 (3.2.4), provide evidence to the fact that learners are capable of using the language to communicate through writing. Beginning to write about his hometown one learner writes about the zoo he had visited just a week ago. Though the composition is titled ‘My Town’ the major part of the composition is about the zoo and the various animals kept there either under lock and key or out in the open. This piece of written work is quite different from what this learner has written in his composition note book as part of his regular class work, which is a composition titles ‘A Visit to a zoo’ (Appendix 4 c). Comparing these two compositions could be useful to identify the differences, the advantages and the disadvantages of the conventional and experimental techniques.
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Written by a learner who began to talk about his home town and drifted to his favourite topic |
Written by a learner who had to write a composition on ‘A Visit to a Zoo’ as part of course requirements |
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Last Sunday we went to the city zoo. My cousin from the village also come with us. |
Last Sunday I visited the zoo with my parents.I and his friends visit the zoo. We went to the ticket window. I and Sunil stood in the queue and bought four tickets.
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We saw there various wild animal and strange birds.There were lions, Leopards, tigers, panthers, wolves, Monkeys, giraffes, zebras, deer, and many other animals.Some wild animals were shut in cage. Harmless animal like deer and zebras… |
We visit the lion’s cage first. We were, women and children near the lion’s cage.The lioness was in the den. The tiger cage was next to the lion’s cage. We also saw a chittach a bear and a hippo. We enjoyed their visit to the zoo. |
(3.2.4) (Appendix 4c)
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